| A | B |
|---|
| Articles of Confederation | plan for a National Government |
| ratify | to approve something |
| legislative branch | part of government that passes laws (congress) |
| executive branch | President |
| judicial Branch | courts |
| only one branch -Legislative | Goverment set up under the articles of Confederation |
| inflation | when prices rise quickly |
| Daniel Shays | leader of Shays rebellion |
| Shays' rebellion | ragtag army of 700 protesting high taxes and foreclousers |
| Shays'rebellion goal | shut down court system |
| Springfield Massachusetts | where Shays' army went to shut down courts |
| January 1787 | Shays'army attacked a Springfield, Mass. federal arsenal |
| Northwest territory | land from the Appalachian MTS west to the Mississippi River |
| Northwest Ordinance 1787 | the process of territories to become states |
| delegates | state representatives |
| Constitutional Convention | Philadelphia, PA |
| James Madison | took notes at the Constitutional convention |
| Mr. James Madison | Farther of the U.S. Constitution |
| Alexander Hamilton | delegate from New York- Revolutionary war hero |
| Virginia plan | 3 branches of Government - representatives base on population of state |
| New Jersey Plan | same number of representation for every state |
| compromise | each side gives up something to reach an aggreement |
| Roger Sherman | Author of the Connecticut plan |
| Connecticut Plan or Great Compromise | Two house or bi-carmeral legislative branch- |
| Great Compromise | representatives -house based on population and senate two members each state |
| Three-fifths compromise | the way to count slaves- 3 out of evey 5 slaves would be counted |
| preamble | how the constitution begins |
| reserved powers | powers reserved to the states not in the federal constitution |
| separation of Powers | each branch of government has different and separate but equal powers |
| veto | refuse to sign into law |
| checks and balances | no one branch has more power than the other |
| Federalists | desired a strong National Government |
| antifederalists | desired a weak federal government |
| The Federalist papers | a series of essays that explained the antifederalists argument |
| Benjamin Rush | signed the Dec of Ind and urged Pennsylvania votr to support the constitution |
| amendment | addition or Change to the constitution |
| Bill of Rights | First ten admendments of the constitution |
